Happening right now: CCSC's Do it in the Dark! Energy Challenge is providing free pizzas in the Carman lounge.

Though the pies are technically reserved for residents of Woodbridge, Carman and Hartley—the winners of the energy conservation challenge—President Diamond informs Bwog that CCSC will "not turn anyone who's hungry away."

Diamond also boasts of "those cinnamon sticks you dip in frosting."

Tipster Jason Patinkin writes to us with two tips. The latter is a complete schedule of Earth Week, which begins today. The week of activities includes tons of free food, tours of environmentally-friendly buildings, and a ton of lectures. Check out the full schedule after the jump.

Patinkin also direct our attention to what he refers to as a "staggering" amount of free pizza in Lerner. "2 advising deans are answering questions in East Ramp Lounge and have about 15 famiglia pizzas. They're there till 3. RIGHT NEXT DOOR in the West Ramp Lounge from 12-1:30, the eco-reps will have 5 V&T Pizzas for their every popular "Simple Things You Can Do to Help the Environment" Discussion," he writes of the pizza-bounty. Apparently just one pie has been eaten.

Columbia College, never one to be outdone by Domino's Pizza, is going to be throwing a free pizza party too. Only this time, the pizza will not be won over without a fight. In order to receive the cheesy treat, one must participate in a hour and a half long focus group geared toward improving the Columbia College website.

It's the sort of thing that really makes you think about how much free pizza really means to you.

For the next four days, Barnard students (who provide proper documentation identifying themselves as such) will receive a medium 1 topping pizza from the Domino's on 125th.

Take note the hungry and budgeted amongst us: Now might be a good time to start dining with Barnard friends. Or making Barnard friends.

Bwog went far and wide this fall break. From Paris to New Jersey to Bear Mountain to Brooklyn... well it was only four days, but Bwog made the most of it.

Five weeks ago, you were taking your first midterm examinations; I was shopping for classes. This Monday and Tuesday, you were taking a break; my peers and I, in London, were enjoying the first half of 'Reading Week,' a much needed break situated smack in the middle of a ten-week term.

One thing to do during Reading Week is to take the Eurostar to Paris. The Eurostar is like the Acela, only fast; when the Eurostar hits a big bump in the track, it wallows like a drunken hippopotamus for at least half a minute, which is soothing and terrifying at the same time. France is all about terror, and classiness, two things that Americans are awed by. For your benefit, I went to Paris and observed a few of the ways French people are classy:

One, nuclear power makes it cheap to heat the wintry outdoors with glow lamps. Parisians like their sidewalk cafes, and these are available despite the season.

Two, the Paris Metro (or subway) closes early, but nights out begin after one in the morning; fortunately it is possible to 'rent' bicycles with something like a Metrocard. Shortly before dawn you can see drunken Frenchmen weaving their separate ways home on borrowed bikes. No word on whether cyclists, like motorists, get 'controlled' by the police.

Three, the issues in Paris currently revolve around Sarkozy being a jerk, and the unfortunate upcoming ban on indoor smoking. These issues are handled by drinking copious amounts of wine until (at least) ten in the evening and smoking lots of cigarettes to imbue every wall and jacket with the glorious memory and smell of smoke.

When enough classiness had been observed, I returned to London to see Vampire Weekend open for the Shins. I am proud to report that, due to incompetence on the part of the Shins' sound engineers, and to the superiority of Columbia University education, Vampire Weekend played a better set than the Shins. You should have been there.

-John Klopfer

With the West End shut for renovations and Butler closing at six on the weekends, Bwog has lately resigned itself to Saturday nights sitting on the Steps with the high schoolers who have taken over campus. Fed up, last Saturday the Bwog team embarked on a midnight scavenger hunt across Manhattan, a five-hour chase that drew 30 people broken into teams. Among the night's highlights: a member of "Jesus for Jews" nearly getting knocked out after asking two girls to make out in front of Chicken and Rice, "something dirty in Spanish" riding a mechanical pony in a Lower East Side bar, sneaking into the garage of the Dakota for a photo of Yoko Ono's car, and several mohawks and salami headbands. For coming in second, Bwog's "red team" made a one dollar profit on the night.

Above: Senior Editor Marc Tracy, having bagged a slice of bacon cheeseburger pizza. More photos after the jump.